钟zhōng
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钟
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Shuowen
钟 (zhōng), made of 金 (metal) and 童 (a pictogram of a bell), indicating a metal bell; it originally meant 'bell' and later also 'clock'. In oracle bone script the character appears as a bell shape, showing why it is written this way.
Pinyin
zhōng· HSK 2